Fundador Pedro Domecq Wineries

These wineries are the oldest of Jerez, having the origin in the 18th century. The Fundador wineries' are composed by the wineries San Pedro, El Castillo, El Molino, La Tribuna, La Luz and La Mezquita.

La Mezquita's winery is a colossal building and is one of the biggest wine cellar of world. It was inaugurated in 1974, with the aim of celebrating the centenary of first Spanish brandy, Fundador.

Visiting this winery is a mix between history, architecture, art and wines which in 2005 won the award to the best winery of world by International Wines & Spirits Competition

The Beam Group is composed by three important wineries Fundador Pedro Domecq which was founded in 1730, Harveys which was founded in 1796 and Terry which was founded in 1865 in El Puerto de Santa Maria.

This Group has important brands in the wine sector due to Harveys is one of the most consumed sherry wine in the world and it is sold in the five continent; Fundador, the first Spanish Brandy, and Terry is one of the most famous Brandies of Spain.

The visitor can know the history of the three most important brands of the group. Also the visit include a tour of the different wine cellars of the 18th and 19th centuries, specially El Molino wine cellar where is located one of the older wine of Jerez and signing in barrels of famous people like, Alexander Fleming or King Alfonso XIII.

The visit begins with a video which explains the history, visit and wine cellar, then, a tour of wineries and a tasting of wines and brandies of the wine cellar: Terry Fino, Harveys Bristol Cream, Fundador and Terry Centenario. Finally, visitor can buy souvenirs or gifts in the souvenirs shop of the winery.

Visit

The duration is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Languages: Spanish and English. Other languages check.

Free Parking

The visitor can choose between some kinds of special visiting that can be consulted in the website or in the facilities

Price:

·         8€ visit+tasting

·         13€ visit+tasting+tapas

Schedules:

January, February, November and December:

·         From Mondays to Saturday 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00

From March to October:

·         From Mondays to Fridays 10:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00

·         Saturdays: 12:00, 13:00, 14:00

Special visit including La Mezquita wine cellar:

·         From Mondays to Fridays at 12:00

Special night visits: (July and August):

·         From Mondays to Fridays at 21:00 (Entry to Puerta de Rota)

Contact and location

Address: San Ildefonso, 3 Jerez de la Frontera

Telephone: 956 151 500

Web:  www.bodegasfundadorpedrodomecq.com

Email: visitas@bodegasfundadorpedrodomecq.com

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Williams & Humbert Winery

Introduction

Williams & Humbert is a centenary winery which represents tradition and innovation in the sherry wine market sector.  The current winery was built during the 70's and is one of the most impressive and biggest wineries of the world which also has the National Award of Architecture. The winery is located in good place, next to the city centre of Jerez, and surrounded of gardens, being one of the most attractive and famous wineries of the region.

History

The wine cellar was founded in 1877 by Sir Alexander Williams and Arthur Humbert.

From the inauguration to nowadays, the winery conserve some wines and brandies which are keeping in oaks barrels of high quality. During the 60's, José Medina created his own winery and got success soon based in the international market. He and the Dutch multinational Royal Ahold bought Williams & Humbert, their last acquisition that is the brand of all their products.

Nowadays, the wineries are located in Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlucar de Barrameda. The headquarters is the biggest winery of Europe and also has vineyards and a distribution company (Sovisur). The company sells its products in 80 countries and during the last years has diversified its market through ham and cheese.

Visit

Visitors can admire the huge ageing winery with 1 kilometre long where there are around 60,000 American oak barrels that can be observed from the spiral stair. Also there is a sculpture of the Virgin Mary with a candle which is turned on all days by the employees to ask for good work day; and a car Ford B of the year 1930.

Furthermore, the visitors will visit the most important room of the wine cellar, the Gran Duque de Alba room, where there is a museum of wine. There are all the tools used during the manufacture of wine, most of them from 18th century.

One of the most singular facilities of the winery is the horse facilities. The wine cellar offers horses' spectacles during the visits.

During the facilities, visitors can see some barrels which have been signed by famous persons who have visited the wine cellar. As examples, the Beatles, the Kings of Spain or the Queen of United Kingdom.

Finally, visitors have a tasting and aperitifs in which can admire the products of the winery.

The duration of the visit is around one hour and half.

Schedules: from Mondays to Fridays 10, 12 and 13:30. Afternoons and feast days only with reservation.

Contact:

Telephone: 956 353 400

Mobile phone: 677 452 256

Email: visitas@williams-humbert.com

Website: http://www.williams-humbert.com/

Address: Carretera Nacional IV Km 641 Postal Code 11408 Jerez de la Frontera

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Gonzalez Byass Wineries

Gonzalez Byass Wineries

Gonzalez Byass's Wineries was founded by Manuel María González Ángel in 1835. The businessman bought a small winery and begun to export his wines. A year later, Manuel María González was associated with Robert Blake Byass, London businessman.

The wineries are world famous, not only for its wines, but its world awards as The Best Winery of the World by the International Wine and Spirit Competition or the best tourism wine centre 2014.

This winery is one of the most visited tourist attraction of Jerez de la Frontera, being visited by 240,000 visitors per year, and due to this, it is also the most visited of Europe and one of the most visited of the World.

There are some curious things in the  visit like mice drinking sherry, barrels of wine that have been signed for famous, athletes and politician of all the world and some Kings and Queens of Spain. Also there is Royal Winery of La Concha, built in 1869 and designed by the famous French engineer Gustavo Eiffel.

During the visit, the tourist will know the facilities, but also there are other tourist attraction like the history of the wineries, sherry and the city, Equestrian and flamenco spectacles and wine tasting.

Contact and location

Address:  Manuel María González, 12

Telephone: 956357000 

Fax: 956357003

Email: nacional@gonzalezbyass.es

Website: http://www.gonzalezbyass.com/

Visit

Languages: Spanish, English, French, German and Dutch. 

Visit duration: 1 hour and half

Visit timetable from Monday to Saturday.

·         Spanish: 12.00 - 13.00 - 14.00 - 16.00 - 17.00

·         English: 12.00 - 13.00 - 14.00 - 17.00

·         German: 12.15 - 14.00 - 16.00

Visit timetable Sunday:

·         Spanish: 12.00 - 13.00 - 14.00

·         English: 12.00 - 13.00 - 14.00

·         German: 12.15 - 14.00

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